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Re:Ask HN: Am I hireable? on Thursday April 19, 2012 @12:41AM (#3861422)
Definitely helps. Good morale booster
Re:Ask HN: Am I hireable? on Thursday April 19, 2012 @12:34AM (#3861411)
I really wish I could, the only problem is that I have to save for a mac (hackintosh maybe?), but since I have no way of getting a legit job, its gonna be hard to get enough for the apple tax
Re:Ask HN: Am I hireable? on Sunday April 15, 2012 @03:44PM (#3844492)
I've talked to many lawyers... there is no way to do it since the visa is also expired and I'm already in the states. So options 1+2 are out the door. So is #3... and as for #4, I don't believe I can since you need a SS, otherwise I would of done it.

Thanks for the suggestions tho

Re:Ask HN: Am I hireable? on Sunday April 15, 2012 @11:22AM (#3843853)
Good point on the scrambling, never saw it that way.

I have a passion for learning everything around the industry, I have been commended for my work ethics and design skills regularly by peers and professors.

I don't know what else I should focus on

Ask HN: Am I hireable?

So I came to the states when I was barely 11 and long story short,my family and I over stayed our tourist visa. Forward to now, I'm a 22 y.o. senior in college in my last semester completing a graphic design degree and a minor in the honors program (business and liberal arts ). I have taught my self  HTML, CSS, jquery, some PHP, wordpress, etc. I have also made freelance websites and had...

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